Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemma 4 12B
53
GLM-5.1
82
Verified leaderboard positions: Gemma 4 12B unranked · GLM-5.1 #28
Pick GLM-5.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 256K context window.
Coding
+11.1 difference
Knowledge
+25.5 difference
Gemma 4 12B
GLM-5.1
N/A
$1.4 / $4.4
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
256K
203K
Pick GLM-5.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 256K context window.
GLM-5.1 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 82 to 53. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Gemma 4 12B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 203K for GLM-5.1.
GLM-5.1 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 82 to 53.
Gemma 4 12B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 77.8 versus 52.3. Inside this category, GPQA-D is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Gemma 4 12B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 72 versus 60.9. GLM-5.1 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.
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